Car-seat.



1, E. KILBUBN.

' CAR SEAT.

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APPLIC 24, 1913 1,196,871, PatentedSept. 5,1916.

JOHN E. KILBURN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HALE ANDKILBURN COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFDELAWARE.

CAR-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Application filed January 24, 1913. Serial N 0. 743,935.

- T all whom) it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. KILBURN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCar-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to car-seats and is directed to the provision ofimproved means for supporting the end of a car-seat adjacent to the sidewall of the car.

The invention may be employed in seats of various types, but it is ofspecial utility in seats of the character in which the back is notarranged for movement from one edge of the seat-cushion to the other inorder to reverse the facing direction of the seat.

Railway cars are sometimes so constructed that a projecting portion onthe inner side of the wall' of the car requires that the back of theseat be of such length that its edge is displaced a short distance fromthe wall of the car, but it is, desirable to have the seat-cushionextend close to the the wall of the car, so as to give the maximumseating area. These requirements may be fulfilled by having theseat-cushion extend beyond the edge of the back-cushion. For the supportof seatand back-cushions of this charactor, a standard may be employedconsisting of a horizontally disposed arm and a back-supporting armintegral therewith and extending upwardly from the rear end of thehorizontal arm. With such a standard, the seat-cushion may be supportedupon the horizontal arm with its end extending beyond the same and theback-supporting arm will extend upwardly in rear of the seatcushion andbe fastened to the edge of the back-cushion. Such a standard may also beemployed at the aisle end of the seat, and there may be supported upon asuitable pedestal, but at the wall end of the seat it is preferable tomount the standard upon the wall of the car.

The present invention involves the provision of .a seat of thischaracter having the standard supported upon the wall of the car, andfurther involves the provision of an improved form of support which maybe manufactured at low cost and with which the standard may be securedto the wall of the car so rigidly that the possibility of breakage orloosening of the parts is reduced to a minimum.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view of a car-seatconstructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is an elevation ofthe supporting member; and Figs. 3 and 4 are top and end views of thesame.

Referring to these drawings, the scat shown in Fig. 1 has a seat-cushion5 and back-cushion 6, the latter being stationarily mounted at the rearedge of the seat-cushion. At the aisle end of the seat is a stand aid 7,preferably made of sheet-metal and consisting of a horizontally disposedcushion-supporting arm, and at the rear end thereof an integralupwardly-extending back-supporting arm 8. The horizontal arm of thestandard has an inclined integral flange at its upper edge, upon whichthe seat-cushion 5 is sustained. This standard 7 is secured to the endsof two connectingrails 9, which are secured upon the ends of the arms ofa metallic pedestal 10. At the wall end of the seat, a similar standardis employed, having a horizontal cushionsupporting arm 7 and aback-supporting arm 8 integral with the arm 7 and extending upwardlyfrom the rear end thereof. The arm 8 is secured to the adjacent edge ofthe back-cushion 6 and lies in rear of the seat-cushion 5. Theseat-cushion extends beyond the edge of the back-cushion, and beyond thehorizontal arm of the standard 7, so that the maximum seating area isprovided upon the cushion 5, even though the structure of the car issuch as to limit the length of the back-cushion 6 by requiring that theedge of the back-cushion be displaced from the wall of the car.

The standard 7 at the wall end of the seat is mounted upon the wall ofthe car by means of a metallic supporting member constructed as shown inFigs. 2, 3 and 4;. This metallic member is made from a piece ofsheet-metal, preferably steel, which is cut to the requiredconfiguration and then pressed into the form shown in the drawings. Asso constructed, the supporting member has a horizontal portion 11, andat opposite edges thereof vertical portions 12 and 13, the formerextending downwardly and the latter upwardly at a right angle to thehorizontal portion 11. Each of these vertical portions is braced uponthe horizontal portion 11 by gussets 1a, which hold the differentportions of the supporting member rigidly in the proper relation.Ihe'horizontal member 11 is extended so as to facilitate securing themember to the wall of the car, by providing integral ears 15 which arecut from the metal of the downwardly extending member 12, as is shown inFig. 2. These cars 15, after being cut, are bent at a right angle to themember 12, so that they lie in the same plane with the horizontallydisposed portion 11, as is best shown in Fig. 4.

The supporting member constructed as thus described is mounted upon thetrussplank 16 of the side wall of the car at the corner thereof, bybringing the ears 15 down upon the horizontal surface and the verticalportion 12 of the member against the vertical side, openings beingprovided in both of these portions for screws by which the member may besecured rigidly in position. The upwardly extending portion 13 of themember is riveted to the horizontal arm of the standard 7, as shown inFig. 1. In this way, the wall end of the seat is rigidly mounted uponthe side wall of the car in a manner affording great strength. Thesupporting member used in so mounting the seat can be made at very lowcost by pressing the same from a single piece of sheet-metal. Thismethod of supporting the wall end of the seat, furthermore, permits ofmaking the seat-cushion of maximum length, in order to obtain thegreatest seating area.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure 0 by Letters Patent is as follows supporting wallstructure having a horizontal ledge, a seat structure to be supported inofiset relation from the wall structure and means for supporting thewall-end of the seat structure, consisting of a metal member having ahorizontal web and vertical webs extending upwardly and downwardly fromopposite edges thereof, the lower of said vertical webs being secured tothe wall structure below the ledge and the upper to the seat structure,and integral ears cut from the metal of the lower vertical web and bentinto alinement with the horizontal web and secured to said horizontalledge, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the supporting wall structure, a sheet-metalmember having a horizontal web and integral vertical webs extendingupwardly and downwardly from opposite edges thereof, one of said websbeing secured to the wall structure and the other to the seat structure,integral ears cut from the metal of one of said vertical webs and bentinto the plane of the horizontal web and secured to the supportingstructure, a standard secured to said upwardly extending web and havinga horizontal arm and an integral back-supporting arm extending upwardlyfrom the rear end of such arm, and a seatcushion supported on saidhorizontal arm with its end extending beyond the same and beyond saidmember and in front of the back-supporting arm, substantially as setforth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 21st day of January, 1913.

JOHN E. KILBURN.

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